Shannon Sumner [http://community.jboss.org/people/shannonsumner] created the discussion "Declare a Map of Maps within the JDPL" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/562492#562492 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hello all, To pick up from another thread - I'm creating a process variable with the same name as a task.  I'm assigning this variable a map containing name value pairs for any task relating information I can think of.  I'm working on creating custom nodes to accomplish this - but in the mean time can someone help me find a better way of doing what I'm doing now? I'm my jdpl I declare a variable in the following fashion: <variable name="Preparing For Your Oil Change" type="serializable">         <object class="com.xxxx.pma.entity.VariableEntity">             <property name="mapVariables">                 <map>                     <entry>                         <key>                             <string value="documentation"/>                         </key>                         <value>                             <string value="http://oilchg.xxxx.com/oilchg-intro.html"/>                         </value>                     </entry>                 </map>             </property>         </object>     </variable> The class I call to populate this variable looks like this: package com.xxxx.pma.entity;   import java.io.Serializable; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map;   public class VariableEntity implements Serializable {     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;     public Map<String, String> mapVariables = new HashMap<String, String>();       public Map<String, String> getMapVariables()     {         return mapVariables;     }       public void setMapVariables(Map<String, String> mapVariables)     {         this.mapVariables = mapVariables;     }   } Is there any way to declare a Map without going through the extra step of calling a helper class?  Please let me know. Thanks, Shannon -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/562492#562492] Start a new discussion in jBPM at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]